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The Senate advanced on Monday evening the nomination of Jay Clayton to serve as Director of National Intelligence.<\/p>\n

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The 51-43 procedural vote fell along party lines. A final confirmation vote is expected Tuesday night.<\/p>\n

\u201cAmid a heightened threat environment, having a proven leader in this role is especially important,\u201d said Senate Majority Leader John Thune, South Dakota Republican. \u201cJay Clayton fits the mold.\u201d<\/p>\n

He praised Mr. Clayton for his work on national intelligence issues as the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York and the former chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission.<\/p>\n

In his current role, Mr. Clayton led the indictment of Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro and prosecuted an Iran-backed terrorist connected to multiple plots against the United States.<\/p>\n

As SEC chairman, his work included protecting financial services infrastructure from cyberattacks and combating Chinese influence on financial markets.<\/p>\n

While some Democrats worked well with Mr. Clayton during his time at the SEC and supported his nomination for U.S. attorney, they turned on him after his confirmation hearing for the DNI role.<\/p>\n

Under repeated questioning, Mr. Clayton declined to directly state that Joseph R. Biden won the 2020 presidential election. The closest he got was saying Mr. Biden \u201cfollowed our process, had the most electoral votes, was declared the winner.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sen. Mark R. Warner of Virginia, the top Democrat on the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, called the performance \u201cbitterly disappointing\u201d and said he could not vote to confirm Mr. Clayton despite working well with him during his tenure as SEC chairman.<\/p>\n

\u201cI hope he will become the guy I used to work with,\u201d he told reporters Monday, saying Mr. Clayton should at least be a \u201cvast improvement\u201d over acting DNI William J. Pulte, a Trump loyalist who also leads the Federal Housing Finance Agency.<\/p>\n

Mr. Pulte stepped into the acting intelligence role last month after DNI Tulsi Gabbard resigned to help her husband through cancer treatment.<\/p>\n

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He has led a downsizing of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, which oversees 18 intelligence agencies across the federal government.<\/p>\n

Mr. Pulte announced Sunday that he just finished a fourth round of \u201cthoughtful, measured layoffs\u201d intended to refocus ODNI \u201con national security, the law, and the statute.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mr. Thune accused Democrats of \u201cpartisan games\u201d in opposing Mr. Clayton\u2019s nomination, calling it \u201ca funny thing\u201d given their open disdain for Mr. Pulte.<\/p>\n

\u201cDemocrats were so worked up over the president\u2019s temporary choice for this position, they allowed our nation\u2019s most important counterterrorism tool to go dark for the first time ever,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Mr. Thune said he hopes once Mr. Clayton is confirmed that Democrats will stop blocking reauthorization of Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act.<\/p>\n

The modern wiretapping law lets the government spy on foreign targets without a warrant and has been used to thwart terrorist plots and drug traffickers.<\/p>\n

Mr. Warner said Democrats will be willing to entertain the FISA reauthorization after a new DNI is in place but it \u201cwas always going to be a lift.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cA majority of my caucus probably won\u2019t support it,\u201d he said. \u201cBut those of us who are in this national security environment understand it\u2019s got to get done.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mr. Warner said he does not see the FISA reauthorization passing before the Senate\u2019s summer recess, \u201cbut we\u2019re not under the time crunch that we anticipated because the communication providers are still cooperative.\u201d<\/p>\n

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